Microcellular injection-molding of polylactide with chain-extender |
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| Authors: | Srikanth Pilla Adam Kramschuster Liqiang Yang Junghoo Lee Shaoqin Gong Lih-Sheng Turng |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, USA;2. Department of Materials, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, USA;3. Polymer Engineering Center, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA |
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| Abstract: | The effects of adding an epoxy-based chain-extender (CE) on the properties of injection-molded solid and microcellular polylactide (PLA) were studied. PLA and PLA with 8 wt.% CE (PLA-CE) were melt-compounded using a twin-screw extruder. Solid and microcellular specimens were produced via a conventional and microcellular injection-molding process, respectively. Various characterization techniques including gel permeation chromatography, tensile testing and dynamic mechanical analysis, scanning electron microscopy and differential scanning calorimetry were applied to study the molecular weight, static and dynamic mechanical properties, cell morphology, and crystallization behavior, respectively. The addition of CE enhanced the molecular weight but decreased the crystallinity of PLA. The addition of CE also reduced the cell size and increased the cell density. Furthermore, the decomposition temperatures and several tensile properties, including specific strength, specific toughness, and strain-at-break of both solid and microcellular PLA specimens, increased with the addition of CE. |
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